The Community Safety Podcast

CSP 18-Equipping your loved ones with Open Water safety skills with Beckie Ramsay.

Swimming is one of the life skills we are taught at a young age. We learn to manage our breathing and to propel our arms and legs to keep us afloat. However, the open water houses dangers beyond its inviting surface. The water may be too cold. Debris and other objects may obstruct your path...

CSP 17-Episode on Challenging the Norm to Effectively Tackle Anti-Social Behaviour 

The predicament of anti-social behaviours is not something you turn your back on. Anti-social behaviours have a huge impact not just on individuals, but also in the families and the communities. 

Today’s episode explores the deep-rooted causes of anti-social behaviour and how Nick Buckley MBE, through the Mancunian Way, established a way to alleviate it...

CSP 16-Understanding Youth Offenders and Youth Exploitation with Nikki Holmes Child exploitation is a serious problem. Many youths are coerced and manipulated to engage in violence, abuse, and criminality. We can be quick to pass judgement on those who get on the wrong side of the law. But the issue of exploitation doesn’t start with the crime and end with youth offenders in handcuffs. It’s a complex web of circumstances and contexts...

CSP 15-Finding Success and Lending a Helping Hand with Mark Maciver Life can be pretty harsh, especially when you go through failures and setbacks. When you hit rock bottom, it's hard to see a way out and even harder to lend a helping hand to others. But failure is a phase: it is not permanent. When you lend a helping hand and extend a little bit of compassion, it goes a long way both for you and those you support...

Ex Wolverhampton Wanderers Goalkeeper and Sky Sports Pundit talks about his experience of racism and hate both growing up as a young boy and also when he was a Premiership Footballer.

Aanchal Women’s Aid was founded by Su Bhuhi MBE when a woman needed support to safeguard her children from being taken to South Asia against her will. Listen to Su's horrific story as a victim of domestic abuse and how she used this experience to help thousands of people.

A special episode with Neighbourhood Watch CEO John Hayward-Cripps looking at how the Network will work in the 21st Century. This special episode will also cover Neighbourhood Watch Week 5th to the 11th June 2021!

This episode turns its attention to history and how learning from the past can shape communities in the 21st Century. My guest also covers 19th Century Gang culture in the form of the real Peaky Blinders!